Find out how popular the last name Martiniz is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Martiniz.

Martiniz, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Martiniz surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Martiniz in America

Martiniz is the 149395th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Martiniz surname appeared 110 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Martiniz.

We can also compare 2010 data for Martiniz to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Martiniz

The surname Martiniz has its origins in the Iberian Peninsula, where it first appeared in the late 15th century. It is believed to be a Spanish or Portuguese variant of the more common surname Martinez, itself derived from the given name Martin, which traces its roots to the ancient Roman name Martinus.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Martiniz surname can be found in the Libro de las Bestias, a medieval Iberian manuscript dating back to the late 15th century, where it is listed among the noble families of Castile. This suggests that the name may have originated among the nobility or upper classes of the region.

In the 16th century, the Martiniz surname began to spread throughout the Spanish and Portuguese empires, with bearers of the name appearing in various colonial records and documents. Notable figures from this period include Pedro Martiniz de Aranda, a Spanish explorer and conquistador who accompanied Hernán Cortés in the conquest of Mexico in the early 1500s.

As the centuries passed, the Martiniz name continued to be found across the Iberian Peninsula and its former colonies. In the 18th century, Juan Martiniz de la Vega was a prominent Spanish military commander who played a key role in the defense of Gibraltar during the Great Siege of 1779-1783.

In the 19th century, the Martiniz surname gained recognition in the field of literature with the Brazilian writer and poet João Martiniz de Almeida, whose works explored themes of national identity and the struggles of the Portuguese diaspora in South America. He was born in 1826 and passed away in 1898.

Another notable bearer of the Martiniz surname was Emilia Martiniz Fernández, a Spanish educator and women's rights activist who founded several schools and advocated for equal educational opportunities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She lived from 1848 to 1923.

While the Martiniz surname may not be as widespread as its parent name Martinez, it has a rich history that can be traced back to the medieval Iberian Peninsula and has been carried by notable figures across various fields throughout the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Martiniz

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Martiniz.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Martiniz was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Martiniz has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Martiniz was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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